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OMG Pancakes!
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Jim Belosic
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2011
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Over 75 recipes for crazy pancake concoctions... great for any occasion from holidays to everyday Sundays!
When Jim Belosic started making pancakes in unusual designs, he was just trying to earn some cool cred with his daughter, Allie. Little did he know how happy hed make her-and the millions of fans who eagerly await his latest creations on the Internet.
Pancake unicorns, beehives, and even bridges, Ferris wheels, and construction cranes have all risen to life through Jims artful use of squeeze bottles, tasty and nutritious coloring and flavor techniques, and fearless creativity. OMG Pancakes also includes holiday-themed creations like Ghost and Pumpkin for Halloween, Turkey for Thanksgiving, a Christmas Tree, and much more.
Now-with a little help from Jim-everyone can turn breakfast into art. Filled with four-color photos, and step-by- step instructions, OMG Pancakes! will be devoured by families and crafty foodies alike.

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To Allie and Ryan Thank you for helping to make our breakfast time so much - photo 3

To Allie and Ryan.
Thank you for helping to make our
breakfast time so much fun. I know that Ill
always remember making pancakes for you guys;
I hope you remember these times too.
Love, Dad

INTRODUCTION

My dad probably made me breakfast two times in my entire life. Like most dads, Martha Stewart he was not. But heres the thingthe times he made me breakfast are the only times I can really remember anyone making me breakfast. Each time he made pancakesgenerally a foolproof endeavorand of course he messed them up. He honestly didnt know what the heck he was doing. He tried to make Mickey Mouse and it came out all lopsided, as if it were Mickey Mouse interpreted by Dal. He put it in front of me and said in his gruff voice, Its the moon, and then, Look! A cucumber! and then, Just eat the darn thing.

I dont know whether it was the simple fact that he took the time to make me breakfast, or that his creations were amazing to my young imagination, even if they fell well short of his own grand visions (or maybe thats what he envisioned). To me, my dads pancakes made him the coolest guy ever. He took something so ordinarypancakes for breakfastand turned it into something more exciting than it had any right to be.

So last year, when I put a poodle-shaped pancake in front of my three-year-old daughter, Allie, it was a hit. In truth, it looked very little like a poodle (there goes the Dal interpretation again), but she dug it, which was the whole point. The memories of my dads breakfasts came back to me, and I realized Id hit upon something she and I could share together. The requests quickly started rolling in for princesses, castles, elephants... and before I knew it, we had a little Saturday-morning ritual. My wife would go to Starbucks and have a little quiet time while Allie and I made pancakes together. She mixed the batter and decided what shape wed go for that day, and Id do whatever I could to make it happen.

The pancakes rapidly started getting complex, going from little animal shapes to fullblown structures. The first big one was a construction crane, which I pieced together by making four flat lattice pieces that I glued together with pancake batter and a lightera process that, as Ill explain later in this book, isnt for the faint of heart. But the thing worked, unbelievably.

Ill admit that, on occasion, Allie loses interest long before I do. My hardest project to date, a Ferris wheel, took hours to finish and resulted in several burned fingers. When I finally finished it, Allie, whose belly was already full of pancakes, was too absorbed in television to care. I proudly showed my wife, whose response was, Hey, thats cool. Does it spin?

No, I said, sheepishly.

Hmph, she said, and walked away. I ate that one alone.

I never had illusions that this project would become anything more than a fun fatherdaughter tradition. But I dont mind saying I was kind of proud of our creations, so I would usually snap a quick photo of them with my phone and put them on my blog so my family and friends could see them. One day, a strange error message popped up on my website that indicated my server was down. Apparently there had been a big traffic spike, which made no sense to me. I wrote it off as a glitch, but it kept happening. I started doing a little research, and the analytics showed that my little website had found a big audience.

My first thought was, Who the heck are all these people checking out my pancake pictures? I couldnt imagine how they found me, but further research told me my site had been picked up by AOL, YouTube, and a few other major sites.

Pretty soon, strangers were writing to me, saying things like: I saw what you did, I tried it with my kids this weekend, and it was so much fun. Thanks for the inspiration! My site was getting mentions in Esquire and Redbook magazines, and I was asked to appear on a few morning shows. I even spent two hours taking pancake requests from the audience at Good Day Sacramento. And my Facebook page, Jims Pancakes, now has something like 29,000 fans.

Meanwhile, my system has gotten a little more refined. Ive come up with a few natural alternatives to food coloring, which has opened up quite a few color options, and I now use several restaurant-quality squeeze bottles to apply batter very precisely to the griddle.

Sophisticated, I know.

I dont claim to be any kind of chef, but Ive figured out a few tricks I can share with you if you decide to give this a try. The designs have ranged from animals to fake food (spaghetti in a bowl, bacon and eggs, that kind of thing) to natural and man-made phenomena (a volcano, a bridge).

The little boy inside me is dying to make some Star Wars pancakesthe Millennium Falcon, the Death Star. Someday soon, when my twelve-month-old son is old enough to appreciate it, well give those a try. But right now, its all still about Allie. Shes four, and her requests continue to tend toward the girly... princesses, unicorns, and such. Im still cranking away on new designs, but its still really just about that Saturday-morning ritual, just for the two of us. She pulls up a chair to stand on and watches anxiously as I heat up the griddle and throw on that test pancake, which she always gets to eat. And so begins a pancake-eating extravaganza that lasts an hour or two, until she gets full.

As strange as its been to get so much attention for the breakfasts I make for my daughter, its also pretty gratifying. Its made me realize that maybe people are so interested in this ambitious little pancake project because, at the heart of it, were all just looking for ways to get our kids to think were cool. At least I hope Allie thinks I am.

And who doesnt love pancakes?

TOOLS OF THE TRADE

These are the key tools that Ive found are best for making the creations in - photo 4

These are the key tools that Ive found are best for making the creations in this book, though you can certainly use other tools you have lying around your house as well.

Nonstick griddle (electric or stovetop, preferably cast-iron)

Using a nonstick griddle helps retain the color of the batter. If you use butter or oil to coat the pan, it could make your pancake become discolored. I prefer cast-iron because it heats evenly and maintains temperature very well. Avoid thin skillets, because with them youll get hot spots that could burn your creations.

Squeeze bottles

Plastic squeeze bottles are the key ingredient for pancake art. They allow you to draw with the batter just like a crayon. I typically get bottles from a local restaurant supply store; sometimes you can even find them in the grocery store or order them online (you can get them for a couple bucks). If youre in a pinch, old ketchup bottles work great, too!

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